Domestic Violence in the World
A PLAGUE THAT SPARES NO COUNTRY...
EUROPE: In Sweden, a woman is battered every 20 minutes, every year, 25 to 30 women in Sweden are battered to death by their husbands.
In Austria, 1 woman in 5 women at least once was subjected to physical violence from a partner.
UK: 1 in 4 women experience domestic violence over their lifetimes. 30.000 women a week at least once experience domestic abuse.
USA: Every 4 is subjected to violence and every hour dies a woman. Approximately 1.3 million women are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States.
AUSTRALIA: 1 in 5 women (19% of all women) have experienced sexual violence at some stage in their lives since the age 15.
INDIA: Every three minutes a crime against women is committed in India. Every six hours, a young married woman is burned, beaten to death or driven to commit suicide.
ARMENIA: Nearly 66% of 1006 respondents reported experiencing psychological abuse. 27 percent of the respondents experienced acts of moderate physical abuse.